Beware: Chocolate Can Cause Some Unexpected Behaviors

Santa has come and gone.  The gifts have been opened. For many, that mena we now have a bit more chocolate in the house to consume, whether it was a gift from family, friend, or Santa himself.  For some, it might just be one of the biggest highlights struggles of the year.

The neighbor boy came over the other day with a container full of Kinder chocolates. (If you're not familiar, they're from Germany and honestly delectable, melt in your mouth chocolates, as they're mainly milk based.  "Kinder" means "Children" in German, so it's the kinds of chocolate meant for kids to love.)  He hands the container over to my wife, who assumes it's a gift from his family to us, and she puts the candy in the candy jar with all our chocolates.

Later on, my wife offers the kids each a chocolate, and the boy goes for 3 or 4.  Our usual rule is 1.  Then later, as he's getting his shoes on to head home, he asks for the chocolates back.  My wife was stunned, as she thought it was a gift, but grabs the chocolates and sends them back with him, kind of puzzled.  Sure enough, just minutes after he left, there's a knock on the door, and he returns with the chocolates, head drooping.  They were meant for a gift, and he's none to happy about it. Too cute.

What makes it funnier, as we're talking to his mom the next day, we found out last year as they were cleaning his room in late January, they found a stash of Kinder wrappers in the corner.  With a smirk, I realized we foiled this kid's plan to repeat that. If you have had one of these chocolates, you'll totally understand his motivation.  SO GOOD!!!  Oh the things we'll do for our chocolates.